diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f1324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version=3
+opts="uversionmangle=s/\.(b|rc)/~$1/" \
+https://github.com/openstack/salt-formula-swift/tags .*/(\d[\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz